Beth Stansell Joiner

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hereford with the Rev. Dru Ferguson officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.

Mrs. Joiner was born Dec. 25, 1942, in Wellington to Thomas G. and Ora Lee Stansell. Beth grew up in Olton and graduated from Olton High School in 1961. She graduated from West Texas State University in 1965 with a degree in elementary education and her Master of Education degree in 1983. Mrs. Joiner began teaching for the Dimmitt Independent School District in 1965, where she met fellow teacher W. Dwight Joiner. They were married on Dec. 22, 1967.

Mrs. Joiner loved playing bridge and spending time with her family. She was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hereford.

She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.

Survivors include two sons, Lyle C. “Cory” Joiner and wife Sidney of Amarillo and Kyle B. Joiner of Groton, Conn.; two sisters, Ruth Carson of Independence, Mo., and Ann Carson and husband James of Weeping Water, Neb.; and two granddaughters, Jennie Pengelly of Alameda, Calif., and Autumn Crow of Amarillo.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 50610, Amarillo, TX 79159; or a charity of choice.